Director: Sarah Watt
2005
90 minutes
The first feature to be funded through AFFIF, Look Both Ways follows four people over one weekend, as they each grapple with messy, unexpected, life-changing news. They wonder whether the hand that fate has dealt them is deserved, whether they have an entitlement to happiness.
Festivals: Adelaide FF 2007; Sydney FF 2007; Berkshire International FF 2007 (USA); Melbourne FF 07; Sheffield Doc/Fest 07; Global Doc Days Austin Texas 08
Awards:
- Queensland Literary Awards: 2004 Best Film Script
- Discovery Award: Toronto Film Festival 2005
- FIPRESCI Award: Brisbane film Festival 2005
4 AFI Awards, 2005:
- Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Tony Hayes)
5 Film Critics Circle awards, 2005:
- Best Film, Director, Actor (William McInnes), Screenplay, Editing
3 IF Awards, 2005:
- Best Director, Screenplay, Editing
Winner:
- Audience Award: Adelaide Film Festival, 2005
- Audience Award: Brisbane Film Festival, 2005
- Audience Award: Australian Film Festival, London 2006
- Audience Award: International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund in Cologne 2006
- Best Screenplay: Mar del Plata Film Festival, 2006
- Best Actress (Justine Clarke): Mar del Plata Film Festival, 2006
- Critics Award: Rotterdam Film Festival 2006
- Critics Award: NatFilm Festival (Denmark) 2006
- Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature: San Francisco Film Festival 2006
- Best Actress (Justine Clarke): Vladivostock Film Festival, 2006
Nominated:
- European Film Academy: Non-European Film Award category